Vitaminwater will be $1 at Target this upcoming week, even though I think they are regularly priced at $1 :) SO TWO FOR $1 AFTER COUPON. These are yummy so print them (2 prints) and enjoy! I love the Dragonfruit so I reccommend that flavor for those of you that want to try it! :)

This week's Blogger Spotlight is Tshanina from Thrifty's Treasures. This week Tshanina talks about steps to take in order to help you Stretch Your Dollars! Check out her blog post below. Head on over to "Blogger Spotlight" for more info on being featured on Student Saving Bucks.

"Tshanina from Thrifty's Treasures - I started couponing in the fall of 2008. I'm now hooked and have made it a game to see how low our grocery bill can be each week. Trust me, it's addictive."

Stretching Your Dollars...

Sometimes it's hard being thrifty isn't it? There have been many times when I've wanted to give up on this idea of paying off the house early. It's much easier to go on a shopping spree than it is to have the self-control to wait for those things we want. Of course, some of the things that I want are quite expensive (one being a remodeled kitchen). I know that not all of us have the time to coupon. You may have children and a full schedule, I get that. However, you can still be a good steward. Here are a few ideas that come to mind to help you stretch your dollar:

(1) Make a monthly shopping budget and stick with it. For you that might mean using the envelope system. It's proven that if you shop with cash that you'll spend less money. Place your grocery allowance in an envelope. Once the envelope is empty, you'll have to wait until you get paid again to go shopping. I can promise you that it will make you think about what you're getting.

(2) Refrain from going to the grocery store more than twice a week. I know people who go to the grocery store every day. They don't necessarily enjoy grocery shopping, they just don't plan ahead for what they're going to have for dinner. For you this may require making a weekly game plan of what you're going to have for dinner/meals. You may decide to have something different for one of your meals. If you don't have all of your ingredients, wait until next week to have that particular dish. I bet you'll enjoy it even more because you've been looking forward to it for so long.

(3) Shop the sale ads at your grocery store. As you know, many of the stores run great sales. Kroger has their mega events and 10/$10, and Publix has their buy one get one items. Even if you don't use coupons, you can get great prices and stock up from items that are on sale. The stores have these items at such a good price to get you in the door. So, when they're on special, grab a couple extra so that you don't have to get it at full price later.

These are just a few ways that you can be a good steward with your grocery budget. I challenge you to give this a try for six months. It will definitely change the way you think about groceries; it has for me. Once you know how much you can save, it makes it hard to go back to your old way of thinking. As I walk down the aisles of the grocery store and peer into other people's carts, I think of all the money they could be saving. Trust me, I was on the other side of the spectrum not long ago. I hope that this is an encouragement to you and not a discouragement. I'm not asking you to do something that I'm not willing to do myself.

This is great advice from a fellow couponer :) In my household we need to practice #2, refraining from going to the grocery store more than twice a week. To read the complete post by Tshanina click here. She also wrote a great post about making your money work for you, make sure you check that out too :)

Here is a partial list of deals for the Target Weekly Ad of January 23, 2011 I don't list the whole ad, just Grocery, Pets, Beauty and Household. Mainly, only things that can be matched with coupons. Remember, Ads may vary, I'm located in the Los Angeles Area in Southern California.

New to couponing at Target? Check out the Target 101starter post for info and policies.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Every Wednesday I will be posting EARLY PREVIEWS available through (WUC) WeUseCoupons.com. I will be highlighting the best deals from (2) particular stores; CVS and Walgreens. Don't worry though, you guys will still have your Target Ad + Coupon Match-Ups too! So make sure to drop by Wednesdays and check the early previews here at StudentSavingBucks. I will have an individual post for each store. This main post will be used to direct you to early coupon insert previews.

This upcoming week you will have (2) Coupon Inserts. The previews are already available below, so click to get a very early preview :)

Monday, January 17, 2011

This is one of the very few end caps we have at our huge Target store that is strictly for clearance. Its so disappointing! You can walk up and down those aisles and hardly see anything with a nice red clearance sticker. I find it hard to believe that my store doesn't have a lot of clearance, and its been like this ever since we started shopping there when we moved over a year ago.

I guess I'm just one of those people that jump for joy at seeing items with clearance, but its sad when the price is only about $0.50 on a $11 item. It never seems to go lower than 50% and finding anything at a 75% clearance is a MIRACLE! Its so sad! TARGET, BRING ME SOME MORE CLEARANCE! Any one else have a store like this?

What a great weekend! See the guns on Clay Matthews up there? I hope you guys were watching the Packer vs. Falcons game because it was GREAT! I spent the first 2 quarters with nerves and just minutes away from having a heart attack! Oh man, I can't believe I was having tiny doubt about my team, but I have to admit the Falcons were holding their ground like beasts. Too bad, their stamina was all burned out before the 3rd quarter started and the PACKERS were just pounding them like beasts! At the beginning of the fame the Atlanta dome was FULL of Falcon fans and by the 3rd quarter the majority had left knowing their team was doomed. My Packers won 48-21 and will be playing the Bears next week and when they beat them, its time for the SUPERBOWL! :)

My Packers played well and efficiently, the adorable Rodgers was great and my future husband Clay Matthews was a BEAST! This man is so milky and dreamy and has beautiful hair lol! :) He was born in the same place I was, wish he would come back soon so I can run into him, so dreamy! He is 6'3" and 250 pounds of deliciousness haha! The game was the best part of my weekend and I hope all of you guys had a good one too! I'll leave you guys with a preview of the man of my dreams (he is number 52, keep an eye out).

...because students like to save too! Coupons, deals, early previews, reviews, giveaways and LIFE. My blog is a journey of my savings, helping others save and my exiting life in general :) After all, I am a Student Saving Bucks! :)

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I'm Ai Mei, a 26 y/o Latina-mix blogger and owner of Student-Saving-Bucks.com
I live in Los Angeles and am a College Student (Anthropology Major) who loves to save money, spend time with friends and family and review a plethora of products :)